Konrad was a Scientologist for 22 years, donating thousands of dollars to the church. When he died mysteriously of multiple organ failure, his family was left in debt. German authorities raided the church offices to investigate.Read more& more

A former member of the Church of Scientology, he left and became an active critic of the church. In response, the church harrassed, terrorized, threatened and sued him, driving him into bankruptcy.Read more& more

The daughter of a Norwegian Member of Parliament, she was studying in France and decided to take a personality test at a storefront Scientology center. She found the results "devastating" and committed suicide hours later.Read more& more

Her husband unsuccessfully tried to pull his family out of Scientology. She believed the church taught her that all illness was psychosomatic. When she finally was hospitalized her breast cancer had spread to her liver and was incurable.Read more

Kyle's father was a Scientologist, but he wasn't. Kyle took Lexipro to control his depresssion. Visiting his dad, he was found dead. Allegedly his father called the Church first before calling an ambulance, and that Kyle's medicine was locked away.Read more

She had reached a very high level in Scientology, working in the office tasked with silencing critics, when she became disillusioned with the church. She left, and the church went after her as a "Suppressive Person".Read more& more& more

Desparate because he owed millions of lira to the Church of Scientology, he committed suicide. A former executive of the church (and his cousin) was later sentenced to 4 years in prison for extortion.Read more

At a Narconon center (run by Scientology), Jocelyne was taken off the medication that controlled her epilepsy. When she had seizures, they assumed it was withdrawal symptoms. After she died, the center was closed & charges filed.Read more& more

While she was a Scientologist, she was refused medical care and held against her will. She escaped and sued the church, which settled out of court. By the time she escaped her cancer was incurable.Read more& more

Philip was a promising student at MIT who was raised in Scientology. He committed suicide by jumping from a classroom building, on L.Ron Hubbard's birthday. His friends and classmates could not understand why.Read more

When she lost sleep and had hallucinations during a "Purification Rundown" others in Scientology told her this was a good sign. Later she suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized.Read more& more

A Dutch music teacher, he came to Florida to pursue Scientology. He began an extreme vitamin and mineral program prescribed by the church. He was found dead in his bathtub, immersed in water so hot that it had taken the skin off his body.Read more

According to Roger Friedman, it was representatives of Scientology that forced him to quit as Chef on "South Park" when the show lampooned the religion. "Isaac's income stream was severely impaired as a result."Read more

His name was on the permits for the peaceful Anonymous demonstrations at Scientology in Boston. Because he is one protestor that can be identified by name, the church has filed spurious charges against him including one not enforced since 1806.Read more& more& more

Noah committed suicide clutching $171 in his hands, his only remaining money. He had spent everything else on Scientology in just 7 months. No representative from the church attended his funeral.Read more& more

Lisa became a Scientologist at 18. She had psychological issues which were treated using the precepts of the church. When she died she was underweight, severely dehydrated and bruised. Charges were filed and later dropped.Read more

Originally from San Francisco, she was aboard a Scientology ship docked in Morocco when her body was found with a bullet wound to the head. There was no coroner's investigation of the death and many strange circumstances surrounding it.Read more& more

He achieved a high level in Scientology, and then moved to Nova Scotia. There he was accused of sexualling abusing a girl. He committed suicide. His story is illustrative of how Scientology can ruin lives.Read more

He was head of the Scientology mission in Stuttgart. He apparently drowned while swimming off Fort Desoto Park in Florida. Reports in Germany raised questions about the circumstances of his death.Read more

His Scientologist family opposed treating his schizophrenia with drugs. Instead, a Scientologist osteopath recommended vitamins. He murdered his mother on L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. He was found not guilty by reason of mental disease.Read more

He lived, ate and breathed Scientology, and traveled to Los Angeles to study it further. He fell to his death from the sixth floor of a church building in Hollywood. His mother said the suicide note found was not in his handwriting, and sued.Read more& more

A prominent Scientologist convinced her to take algae capsules. Carrie had an irregular heartbeat, and died of a heart condition that the algae may have exacerbated. Church officials denied she was a member until shown her certificates of attendance.Read more

He could not scrape together the 30,000 francs he needed for hs next purification in Scientology. This weighed so heavily on him, that he committed suicide. The case led to a criminal complaint against the church.Read more& more

She suffered from a psychiatric disorder, but her family allegedly took her off her medication due to their belief in Scientology. Now her father and sister are dead, her mother seriously injured. She faces murder charges.Read more

Her daughter suffered from a psychiatric disorder, but the family allegedly took her off her medication due to their belief in Scientology. She was seriously injured in a stabbing and her husband and other daughter are dead.Read more

After he quit Scientology, he sued the church for emotional injury. The case dragged on for years. The court ruled the church's practices are harmful, and the church paid out millions in damages.Read more& more